Critical Incidents in Counselor Education

Leigh Falls Holman, PhD, LPC-MHSP-Supervisor, RPT-S,is the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Department chair for the Dallas campus of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Her research interests focus on counselor burnout, trauma interventions with addiction and offending behaviors, and teaching and supervising students and emerging counselors who are working with forensic populations.

Renée C. Howells, PhD, NCC,is an assistant professor at The University of New Mexico. Her expertise is in crisis and trauma counseling. Her research interests focus on traumatology and disability identity and inclusion.

Denita N. Hudson, PhD, LPC,is an associate professor at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Her expertise is in multicultural counseling and social justice and in counseling student development. Her research interests focus on global counseling, the effect of racial trauma on Black families, career choice, and development.

Marty Jencius, PhD,is an associate professor at Kent State University. His expertise is in the application of technology to the practice and teaching of counseling. His research interests focus on teaching and technology innovation in counseling and on the study of counselor subjectivity using Q methodology.

Güls ¸ ah Kemer, PhD, NCC, ACS,is an associate professor in and director of the Counseling Doctoral Program at Old Dominion University. Her expertise is in clinical supervision. Her research interests focus on counselor and supervisor training and development with a specific focus on beginning and expert supervisors’ thought processes.

Aiesha Lee, MA, NCC,is a doctoral student at the College of William & Mary. Her expertise is in trauma and systems theory. Her research interests focus on trauma, spirituality, and multicultural counseling.

A. Stephen Lenz, PhD, LPC, NCC,is an associate professor at The University of Mississippi. His expertise is in youth development, holistic approaches to counselor training, and community-university partnerships for public mental health promotion. Additional interests focus on using multiple modalities in research and evaluation for cultivating practice-based evidence.

Huijuan Li, MEd,is a doctoral student in counselor education and supervision and a research assistant at The University of Iowa. Her expertise is in school counseling. Her research interests focus on trauma-related and multicultural issues in school counseling.

Kathryn P. Linich, LPC,is a doctoral student at the University of South Carolina. Her expertise is in grief and loss. Her research interests focus on grief education and wellness interventions for clients experiencing grief and loss.

Melissa Luke, PhD, LMHC, NCC, ACS,is Dean’s Professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Services and the associate dean for research in the School of Education at Syracuse University. Her research interests focus on effective preparation and supervision of counselors to more effectively respond to the needs of underserved clients.

Erin C. M. Mason, PhD, LPC,is an assistant professor at Georgia State University. Her research interests focus on school counselor professional identity, pedagogy in counselor education, technology, and social media.

W. Bradley McKibben, PhD, RMHCI (FL), NCC,is an assistant professor at Nova Southeastern University. His expertise is in clinical mental health counseling and clinical supervision. His research interests focus on professional counselor development and relational/cultural issues and attachment strategies in clinical supervision.

Shekila Melchior, PhD, NCC,is an assistant professor and academic program coordinator at George Mason University. Her expertise is in school counseling, social justice, and immigration. Her research interests focus on social justice identity development, undocumented students/immigrants, the professional identity development of school counselors, human trafficking, and activist wellness.

Anita A. Neuer Colburn, PhD, LPC (VA), LCMHCS (NC), BC-TMH, ACS, NCC,is a clinical associate professor at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. Her expertise is in clinical supervision competency. Her research interests focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender advocacy; spiritual integration in counseling and supervision; and group approaches to career management.

Jonathan H. Ohrt, PhD,is an associate professor at the University of South Carolina. His expertise is in school counseling. His research interests focus on mental health in schools, wellness promotion, and group work.

Derrick A. Paladino, PhD, LMHC, NCC,is a professor at Rollins College. His expertise is in college counseling, identity development, and crisis assessment and intervention. His research interests focus on college student development and multiracial identity.

Samir H. Patel, PhD, LPCC-S, LMHC,is an associate professor at Murray State University. His expertise is in clinical mental health counseling. His research interests focus on wellness within a multicultural/social justice framework and counselor training to enhance clinical efficacy.

Vanessa Placeres, PhD, LPC, Certified School Counselor, RPT,is an assistant professor at San Diego State University. Her research interests focus on multiculturalism and school counselor training.

Diandra J. Prescod, PhD, LPC, CCSP,is an associate professor at the University of Connecticut. Her expertise is in mental health and career counseling. Her research focuses on effective career development interventions for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics students and minoritized students in higher education.

Elizabeth A. Prosek, PhD, LPC, NCC,is an associate professor of counseling at The Pennsylvania State University. Her expertise is in clinical mental health counseling. Her research interests focus on counseling military populations; the diagnosis and assessment of co-occurring disorders; and ethics, competence, and professional identity development in counseling and counselor education.

Mark B. Scholl, PhD, LMHC (NY),is an associate professor in the Department of Counseling at Wake Forest University. His expertise is in providing career counseling to members of the ex-offender population. His research interests focus on culturally responsive counseling, promoting career development among ex-offenders, and constructivist career counseling.

Megan Speciale, PhD,is an assistant professor at Palo Alto University. Her expertise is in sexual wellness and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) children, adolescents, adults, and families. Her research interests focus on feminist and queer perspectives on counseling and counselor education, sexuality counseling/education, and LGBTQI+ issues.

Shawn L. Spurgeon, PhD, NCC, LPC-MHSP, ACS,is an associate professor at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research interests focus on African American male development and counselor identity development.

Sam Steen, PhD, PK-12 License in School Counseling,is an associate professor and academic program coordinator at George Mason University. His expertise is in school counseling, group work, and multiculturalism. His research interests focus on group counseling in school settings, school counselor identity development, and the achievement of students of color.

LoriAnn Sykes Stretch, PhD, LCMHC-S, NCC, ACS, BC-TMH,is a clinical associate professor at the College of William & Mary. Her expertise is in issues of social justice, international counseling, telehealth, and online pedagogy. Her research interests focus on educational equity, global counseling, telehealth, and clinical supervision.